$2500 Day One Wrapup
I ended day one with 138k chips. There are 35 players remaining and blinds will be 3k-6k with a 1k ante. I think first place pays around $270k. Other notable names left in the field include Carlos Mortensen, John Gale, Andrew Black, and Surinder Sunar. Interesting day one hands:
- In the first three and a half hours, I get one pair of sixes, one pair of fives, and one AJo. Brutal. I am down to around 4k from the 10k starting chips.
- I move to a new table and this hand happens with 200/400 blinds and a 25 ante. UTG limps, LP makes it 1200, button calls, I call in BB with Jd8d, now UTG jams for 3500 more, raiser calls, button calls. The 3500 represents more than half of my remaining chips but I'm getting such a ridiculous price that I have to call. Flop 9d7h2d, I jam, preflop raiser calls, now button jams and preflop raiser folds. UTG has QQ, button has A9s, a T comes on the river and I instruct the dealer to pass the sugar.
- Don't remember specifics of this hand but I limped from the SB blind-on-bind with Jd7d, the BB raised and I called. Flop T98 with one diamond, I check, he bets, I call. Turn a blank diamond, I check, he sets me in, I call, he has 8d4d, drawing stone wallace dead. After the hand he says something inane like, "I thought you would respect my raise more than that."
- I raise UTG with AhQs, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, all others fold. Flop Qh3h2h, I bet 4000, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 makes it 8000 and has about 17k behind. I jam and he folds. In hindsight I think jamming just has to be wrong here. A very smart player whose opinion I asked about this hand reccommended re-min-raising to 12k on the flop. Normally this would be out of the question but the more I think about it the more I like it. It's very hard for him to fold for 4k more and he's drawing to three outs at most.
- I raise UTG with AQo, MP player who had said a few minutes prior to this hand that he was "ready to double up or go home" jams. I do the math and decide I am priced in. While I am doing the math out loud, some genius at the table actually says in all seriousness, "You use math in this sort of situation?" Sigh. I call, he has KQo, I bust him.
- UTG limps, I raise on the button with 95s, SB jams for a raise that prices me in, limper folds, I call, SB has A8o, 8 on the flop, 9 on the turn, I bust him. Everyone at the table marvels at the "balls" that I have to call the reraise.
There were others but I have to get some sleep. I'll try to update tomorrow if we get breaks.
- In the first three and a half hours, I get one pair of sixes, one pair of fives, and one AJo. Brutal. I am down to around 4k from the 10k starting chips.
- I move to a new table and this hand happens with 200/400 blinds and a 25 ante. UTG limps, LP makes it 1200, button calls, I call in BB with Jd8d, now UTG jams for 3500 more, raiser calls, button calls. The 3500 represents more than half of my remaining chips but I'm getting such a ridiculous price that I have to call. Flop 9d7h2d, I jam, preflop raiser calls, now button jams and preflop raiser folds. UTG has QQ, button has A9s, a T comes on the river and I instruct the dealer to pass the sugar.
- Don't remember specifics of this hand but I limped from the SB blind-on-bind with Jd7d, the BB raised and I called. Flop T98 with one diamond, I check, he bets, I call. Turn a blank diamond, I check, he sets me in, I call, he has 8d4d, drawing stone wallace dead. After the hand he says something inane like, "I thought you would respect my raise more than that."
- I raise UTG with AhQs, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, all others fold. Flop Qh3h2h, I bet 4000, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 makes it 8000 and has about 17k behind. I jam and he folds. In hindsight I think jamming just has to be wrong here. A very smart player whose opinion I asked about this hand reccommended re-min-raising to 12k on the flop. Normally this would be out of the question but the more I think about it the more I like it. It's very hard for him to fold for 4k more and he's drawing to three outs at most.
- I raise UTG with AQo, MP player who had said a few minutes prior to this hand that he was "ready to double up or go home" jams. I do the math and decide I am priced in. While I am doing the math out loud, some genius at the table actually says in all seriousness, "You use math in this sort of situation?" Sigh. I call, he has KQo, I bust him.
- UTG limps, I raise on the button with 95s, SB jams for a raise that prices me in, limper folds, I call, SB has A8o, 8 on the flop, 9 on the turn, I bust him. Everyone at the table marvels at the "balls" that I have to call the reraise.
There were others but I have to get some sleep. I'll try to update tomorrow if we get breaks.
posted by Chris Fargis at 4:34 AM
7 Comments:
Good luck.
Good luck today!
Rooting for you.
In the AhQ hand, is the argument against just calling the min-raise is if a heart hits the turn, your action drys up?
Good luck the rest of the way. 'and I instruct the dealer to pass the sugar' is hilarious.
Best of luck.
Billy, I think calling is okay too. I've been thinking a lot about the hand and I can see good arguments for all three decisions (calling, making a small reraise, and jamming). It's an interesting problem.
You mean you actually use math in poker? Like, with numbers and stuff?
Too funny.
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